AA president Edmund King said: "The concern would be that local authorities will be able to ban pavement parking without looking at the consequences – and without studying the alternatives."

A spokesman from The Alliance of British Drivers added that there were 'lots of places where the roads are just not wide enough' for traffic to flow easily if cars were forced to park away from the pavement.

Since 2011, local councils in England have been able to ban pavement parking in specific areas using special traffic regulation orders.

These new regulations would see a blanket ban with a maximum penalty of £70 brought in and councils having to mark areas where mounting the kerb is permitted.